10-yr median earnings
$23,568
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Sycamore, Illinois
Hair Professionals Career College
Hair Professionals Career College is a private for-profit institution in Sycamore, Illinois. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- $19,133
- Avg net price / yr
- $23,568
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Hair Professionals Career College posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 8th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- +13%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Small
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Hair Professionals Career College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
F
College Value Score
37/100
Hair Professionals Career College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$23,568
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price D
$19,133
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt B
$9,833
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$19,133
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Hair Professionals Career College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Hair Professionals Career College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Hair Professionals Career College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$23,568 8th percentile higher than 8% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Hair Professionals Career College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $23,568 | #4700 of 5103 | 8th |
| Average net price | $19,133 | #2918 of 5020 | 42nd (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 55 | #4861 of 5462 | 11th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
55
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
-
150%-time completion
$23,568
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Hair Professionals Career College ranks in Illinois
State rank among 189 reporting Illinois colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Hair Professionals Career College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $23,568 | #179 of 189 | 5th |
| Average net price | $19,133 | #113 of 179 | 37th (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 55 | #174 of 201 | 13th |
Highest former-student earnings in Illinois
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamberlain University-Illinois | $92,405 | $31,837 |
| 2 | University of Chicago | $91,885 | $14,860 |
| 3 | Northwestern University | $89,363 | $29,167 |
| 4 | St. John's College | $86,331 | - |
| 5 | Lakeview College of Nursing | $84,522 | - |
| 6 | Illinois Institute of Technology | $82,592 | $18,425 |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $81,054 | $14,355 |
| 8 | Saint Anthony College of Nursing | $77,709 | - |
| 9 | Rush University | $75,194 | - |
| 10 | Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | $72,850 | - |
| 11 | Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | $72,430 | - |
| 12 | Loyola University Chicago | $71,530 | $36,079 |
| 179 | Hair Professionals Career CollegeThis school | $23,568 | $19,133 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Hair Professionals Career College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$17,775 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$16,296 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$23,691 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Hair Professionals Career College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $19,133 |
41.7%
Pell Grant Rate
44.0%
Federal Loan Rate
$9,833
Median Debt
$104/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Hair Professionals Career College swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $13,495 to $24,120 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +1.4%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$13,495
Highest year
$24,120
Most recent (2023)
$21,085
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $20,7912023 · $21,085
Over the same years, enrollment went -19.8% (81 → 65 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
38.8%
First Generation
Outcomes
$20,915
Median Earnings (6yr)
27.1%
Earning Over $25K
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $20,915 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $23,568 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 27.1% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $9,833 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $104/mo |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 21 | $30,799 | $9,833 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Hair Professionals Career College? ▼
Hair Professionals Career College is a private for-profit institution in Sycamore, Illinois. Undergraduate enrollment is 55 students.
How much do Hair Professionals Career College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Hair Professionals Career College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $23,568 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $20,915.
How much does Hair Professionals Career College cost? ▼
The average net price at Hair Professionals Career College is $19,133.. Median student debt at graduation is $9,833.
Is Hair Professionals Career College worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Hair Professionals Career College is $9,833, while former students earn a median of $23,568 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 42% of those annual earnings. Estimated monthly loan payment is $104.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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